Ernst von Hoeppner

Ernst von Hoeppner (14 January 1860-26 September 1922) was a General der Kavallerie of the German Empire during World War I. He served as commanding general of the Imperial German Air Service during the war.

Biography
Ernst von Hoeppner was born in Tonnin, West Prussia, Prussia (now Unin, Poland) in 1860, and he joined the Imperial German Army in 1879. In 1902, he was appointed to the General Staff, and he became a cavalry brigade commander in 1912 and a member of the nobility in 1913. He became a reserve division commander in 1916, and he took command of the Imperial German Air Service that same year. In January 1919, his service was disestablished following the end of World War I, and he died in 1922.